Recaps

Chu Kuangren avenged Murong Xuan by destroying the Murong Family and Black Feather Tower, then obtained the medicine needed to restore his junior brother’s Spirit Ruins. He returned to the Mystic Heaven Sect with new allies and established a Gravity Trial Ground as the sect grew stronger.

• Chu Kuangren defeated the King of the Five Officials and the Three-Headed Hound, then refined the beast to form a supreme Venerable foundation.
• Chu Kuangren rescued Murong Xuan from the Murong Family, killed the family’s leaders and Lin Shi, and learned that she had arranged the attack that crippled him.
• Chu Kuangren took Murong Xuan’s side, seized the family’s swords, and destroyed Black Feather Tower after finding out it had crippled his junior brother.
• Chu Kuangren obtained the Seven-Colored Nebula Flower from Saint Qingshuang and completed the Iron Pill Tome’s formulas, while Saint Cangwen attacked Qingshuang Valley to seize the alchemy legacy.
• Chu Kuangren protected Saint Qingshuang and Gu Jiang, forced Saint Cangwen to sever an arm, and brought Saint Qingshuang into the Mystic Heaven Sect.
• Chu Kuangren gave Murong Xuan a Spirit-Replenishing Pill, and Murong Xuan recovered his Spirit Ruins.
• Chu Kuangren returned to the Mystic Heaven Sect, introduced Saint Qingshuang, and warned the elders against rash expansion.
• Chu Kuangren established the Gravity Trial Ground, where the disciples trained as the Mystic Heaven Sect grew stronger over the next year.

Chu Kuangren entered the Ancient Battlefield, where Shang Han unleashed a million Baleful Spirits and Chu purified them before exploring the Core Region. After meeting the White-Robed General and gaining the Heavenly Baleful Crystal, Chu visited Thunderclap Temple and shared Buddhist teachings with Hui Xin.

• Chu Kuangren left the Mystic Heaven Sect with Lan Yu and joined Leng Changkong’s team in the Ancient Battlefield, where he gathered treasures and entered the inner ring.
• Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu found Lou Kingdom’s treasury, while Shang Han later broke the palace seal and released the million Baleful Spirits beneath it.
• As the Baleful Spirits marched on Tuyang City, Chu Kuangren arrived and used the Tathagata Rebirth Mantra to purify them, saving the defenders.
• Chu Kuangren enlightened Wu Ye, then entered the Core Region alone, collected artifacts, and began cultivating the Heavenly Baleful Indestructible Body.
• The White-Robed General saved Chu Kuangren from the Giant Baleful Saint King, gave him a Heavenly Baleful Crystal, and asked him to protect his descendants.
• Chu Kuangren defeated the Inner Circle Ten Fiends, heard the White-Robed General’s history, and accepted a jade pendant that could identify the general’s descendants.
• After refining the Heavenly Baleful Crystal, Chu Kuangren traveled with Lan Yu and Wu Ye to Thunderclap Temple at Hui Xin’s invitation.
• Chu Kuangren told Hui Xin that all living beings possessed Buddha-nature, prompting Hui Xin’s enlightenment and granting Chu unrestricted access to the Scripture Repository.

Chu Kuangren settled his conflicts with the Shang and Bai Clans, secured the White-Robed General’s descendants’ safety, and prepared the Mystic Heaven Sect’s disciples for the Heavenly Pride Tournament. After months of demanding training, the Daoist Seeds defeated their Sword Qi Clones, while Shang Qingxue broke free of Scorching Purgatory.

• Chu Kuangren impressed Thunderclap Temple’s monks with his Buddhist understanding, calmed Sha Xin’s cultivation deviation, and urged him to kill to protect life rather than abandon his strength.
• Chu Kuangren killed Shang Han, then stormed the Shang Clan, defeated its Saint and Leader, and demanded that the clan atone for its killing of Heavenly Feather Sect members.
• At the Shang Clan, Chu Kuangren discovered that Lou Yun and Shang Qingxue descended from the White-Robed General, helped Shang Long become patriarch, and awakened Shang Qingxue’s Mystic Ice Dao Body.
• When the Bai Family captured Shang Qingxue, Chu Kuangren forced the Fifth Ancestor to release her and kill Bai Feng, then warned the Bai Family to leave the Shang Clan alone.
• Chu Kuangren helped the Qingyun Ruler pass his tribulation, supported Princess Linglong’s succession, and received Heavenly Baleful Qi from the White-Robed General before returning to the Mystic Heaven Sect.
• Chu Kuangren gathered the sect’s Daoist Seeds for Heavenly Pride Tournament training, used the Marrow-Cleansing Pool to improve their aptitude, and challenged them to defeat his Sword Qi Clone.
• For nearly three months, Chu Kuangren put Nangong Huang, Murong Xuan, Junyi, Qin Wushuang, and the others through harsh training while Shang Qingxue endured Scorching Purgatory to strengthen her Mystic Ice Dao Body.
• Chu Kuangren’s guqin performance brought the Daoist Seeds into enlightenment, helping them defeat their Sword Qi Clones, while Shang Qingxue shattered Scorching Purgatory’s barrier and escaped.

Chu Kuangren led the Mystic Heaven Sect through the Heavenly Pride Tournament, where his disciples built an overwhelming lead and defeated the rival traditions’ coordinated attacks. The sect finished Group D’s fourth stage in first place with 485 points.

• Chu Kuangren and the Mystic Heaven Sect traveled to First City, where his arrival drew attention and Tianjizi praised him as the leading Heavenly Pride.
• Chu Kuangren defeated Jinnian in a zither duel and won the Fire Spirit Crystal for Xiao Hong.
• The Mystic Heaven Sect took the lead in the first two tournament stages as Nangong Huang matched the bell record and Xiao Bing scored thirteen strikes, then Lan Yu defeated all one hundred Demon Beasts.
• Murong Xuan and Nangong Huang won their arena matches, and Murong Xuan defeated Li Yin by striking a weakness in his Black Emperor Indestructible Body, winning Chu Kuangren a 4.5-billion-spirit-stone wager.
• The judges awarded the Mystic Heaven Sect 235 points, and rival Daoist Traditions formed an alliance to target its disciples in the team match.
• Jin Feiyan and Junyi used their combined Sword Formation to defeat their attackers, while Lan Yu fought off the Heavenly Prides besieging her.
• Lan Yu defeated Linghu Teng, Lei Mingtian, Li Yin, and four others before joining Murong Xuan, Nangong Huang, Junyi, and Jin Feiyan to defeat twenty-five allied opponents.
• The Twelfth Governor announced that the Mystic Heaven Sect had won Group D’s fourth stage with 250 points, bringing its total to 485.